Hillefors Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Hillefors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hillefors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden201:492,33835,486
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Hillefors Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hillefors Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hillefors occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Hillefors click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillefors? popularity and diffusion

The surname Hillefors is the 4,206,983rd most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Hillefors are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Sweden, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 492,338. In Sweden it is most frequent in: Västra Götaland County, where 75 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 15 percent reside and Halland County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hällefors8935/
Jillefors8917/
Hellefors8912/
Ilefors884/
Ellefors8218/
Eilefors8210/
Ehlefors825/
Hulefors824/
Ullefors824/
Ulefors755/
Jälefors7116/
Elgefors717/
Häljfors714/
Eliforsse562/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hillefors
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